I am enjoying the A340-600 Pro in MSFS 2020 and performed some long-haul flights generally without issues. A problem that I have noticed however is that Auto read-back of ATC instruction (via enabling AI Pilot handles ATC in MSFS) does not work, and I am pretty sure that it is an A340 issue as performing the same flight with no changes in the sim but with a different plane the option works normally.

 

Especially for long-haul flights, the AI Pilot handling radio is quite helpful.

 

Has anyone else experienced the same issue? Or is there maybe some hidden option in the plane that I missed?

 

Thanks for any help

 

Alfa Tango

There are no settings in the Aerosoft A340-600 for default ATC. So it's hard to imagine that it can be an issue with the addon.  But a strange one nonetheless!

I agree, it is pretty weird.

Actually, there is one piece of information that I have omitted in my initial post which points at some non-standard feature in the A340-600 Pro, possibly in the transponder setting.  The AI assisted readback/radio handling works just for the first radio contact (the one with the clerance and the transponder code). For this first time, the AI Pilot reads back the clerance but does not set the transponder code. After that, radio silence and I have to handle radio myself. 

I have also tried to start with AI radio off, reading back clearance and setting the transponder manually and then activating the Ai-radio, but it made no difference: no read back nor radio action by the AI Pilot. Manual interaction - receiving and reading back instructions - works normally though. 

All other add-on planes, including complex ones such as Fenix, Inibuilds A350, PMDG etc. work fine.

Very very strange.